Spheres of Influence in Europe post 1805
Quelle
Dr. Walther Gehl Geschichte für sächsische höhere Lehranstalten. Ein Hilfsbuch zu geschichtlichem Denken und Sehen, H. 3: Von der Renaissance bis zum Wiener Kongress/ Gotthold Weicker und Georg Weicker (Hg.) - Leipzig: Hirt & Sohn, 1929, S. 31 (Anhang) -
Verlag
Beschreibung
This cartoon printed in the upper secondary handbook for Saxony, caricatures how William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon I divide the world up between them. The English caricaturist and etcher James Gillray lays bare the haggling for spheres of influence in Europe and the rest of the world after the battle of Trafalgar (1805).
Kategorien
Schlüsselwörter
- Napoleon I
- William Pitt the Younger (1759-1809)
- Trafalgar
- Modern Era
- Universal Monarchy
- Imperialism
- Nationalism
- Culture
Kommentar
This book, published by Ferdinand Hirt & Sohn,1 was a history book produced for upper secondary school pupils in Saxony, which was also introduced to schools elsewhere including Hamburg.2. This James Gillray caricature used by the textbook authors Georg and Gotthold Weicker3 addresses the haggling for influence in Europe and [mehr...]
